All those who are appearing for government exams in india, would have known about the hugely popular SSC CGL exams.All govt departments, ministries & central govt offices conduct recruitments for group B & C posts through this SSC`s combined graduate level (CGL). As per a latest RTI reply by the commission, over 14 lakh candidates had written SSC CGL 2016 (tier I) exam.

The SSC CGL 2016 Tier I exam was held from August 27 - September 11 after it was initially scheduled in May.It was conducted online in a completely new pattern that had 100 questions for 200 marks.

SSC CGL jobs list is quite long & also offer better salary along with the perks of a govt employee.It is one of the reason for individuals to keep asking about the cutoffs, result date, competition level etc.,

SSC CGL: No. of Candidates, Tier I Results & Tier II Dates

Be it any competitive exam, you would be curious to know about the level of competition & date of result.It is true in the case of SSC CGL as well but too many rumous & false information were being circulated on the internet.

Staff Selection Commission (SSC) has set things straight by providing exact answers to a RTI query raised by Qmaths.Their replies are compiled below:

Q: How many wrote SSC CGL 2016 Tier I exam?

RTI answer: A total of 14,25,234 candidatesappeared for the online test.

Q: What is the expected date of results & release of answer keys?

RTI: SSC CGL 2016 Tier II is expected in the month of November but no specific dates for Tier II, III & IV are fixed as of now.The calendar would be released on SSC website shortly.

Q: How many vacancies for SSC CGL 2016?

RTI: Vacancies for CGLE 2016 are YET to be collected & once its complete, they will be uploaded onto the website.

Q: SSC CHSL announcement?

RTI: The official notification of SSC CHSL 2016 is expected on October 8th.

All these information in RTI were disclosed by the under secretary (SSC headquarters). So it can be entirely trusted putting an end to all the speculations around CGL results & tier II exams.

Whatever it is, you can expect official notification in the next few weeks about the next process in SSC CGL exam 2016.

In 2015, around 8624 SSC CGL vacancies were filled.For SSC CGL 2016, we can expect approximately 8000 – 10000 openings to be created.